Articles filed under Illinois
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1st girl to play varsity football for Pekin '~humble, tough'Sep 12, 2021 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - Now that she's made history, Mylee Hansen wants to make some kicks. Hansen is the first girl on the Pekin varsity football team. The sophomore soccer ...
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Correction: Illinois Legislature-Energy storySep 12, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In a story published September 9, 2021, about Illinois House approval of a clean energy bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the...
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Five people in custody after southern Illinois police chaseSep 12, 2021 7:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - Five people were in police custody in southern Illinois after a report of gunshots and a car chase Saturday that prompted a school hosting a football...
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Fall colors form a backdrop for wine, beer and spirits sampling in Southern Illinois and IndianaSep 11, 2021 7:30 am - Pair wine tasting with leaf-peeping for an enjoyable autumn road trip through Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana, and consider tossing in a few breweries, distilleri...
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Retired Olivet Nazarene professor releases 3 new booksSep 11, 2021 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - After 50 years of teaching geology at Olivet Nazarene University, Dr. Max Reams is continuing to take his knowledge outside of the classroom and is...
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Man restores 1941 Chevrolet sedan, just like his dad'sSep 11, 2021 7:00 am - ELLETTSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Art Stevens grew up on the farm south of Bowling Green where he was born in 1948. He learned to drive behind the wheel of his dad's 1941 Chevro...
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Judge: Hastert's sexual abuse accuser to be named at trialSep 10, 2021 7:00 am - YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man who accused Dennis Hastert of child sexual abuse then sued the former U.S. House speaker for refusing to pay $1.8m in exchange for his silen...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations at highest level since FebruarySep 10, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations rose 2.6% in Illinois in the past week, to the highest level since Feb. 2. State health officials on Friday reported 2,346 people were hospital...
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22 more COVID-19 outbreaks at suburban schoolsSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty-two new COVID-19 outbreaks occurred in the past week in suburban schools, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting. Statewide, IDPH is reporting 128 ...
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One lawsuit involving ComEd and Madigan tossed, while feds seek to protect grand jury secretsSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors sought to halt fact-finding Thursday in a civil case related to the ongoing bribery investigation involving ComEd that has implicated former House Sp...